Kafa

Kafa (1031-) was a courtier of the County of Assab, Axum, and the County of Massawa.

Biography
Kafa was born in 1031 to a Sunni Muslim family of Ethiopians in the County of Assab, where he served Count Zeyd of Assab as a courtier. Kafa later fled to Axum when Abyssinia conquered Assab, but he was hostile to King Dawit II of Semien. He was arrested on 5 May 1078 and banished to the County of Massawa, with his 2.4 pieces of gold confiscated by Axum.